Hobbies

420,000 matchsticks were used to build this detailed recreation of Minas Tirith from Lord of The Rings Trilogy

Patrick Acton completed his matchstick model of J.R.R. Tolkien's City of Kings from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Acton's version of Minas Tirith is one of his biggest and most detailed matchstick models yet.Read More

You might think needling together millions of toothpicks in the name of art is too tedious a triumph, but some artists swear the simple combination of glue and slivers of wood is perfect for creating sculptures.

Toothpick Brooklyn Bridge
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Cutaway view of the engine on an incredibly detailed 1/16 scale all-aluminum Corsair aircraft model

Young C. Park of Honolulu, Hawaii is a retired dentist who has been an aircraft modeler since childhood. He is now fulfilling a lifelong dream of making incredible precision aircraft models of the Corsair and P-51 Mustang out of aluminum.

Using tweezers, the controls can be moved.

All cables and linkages are meticulously installed and work all of the aircraft's wing control surfaces.Read More

A realistic stagecoach made from 1.5 million toothpicks

Terry Woodling from Warsaw, Indiana had wanted to make a stagecoach out of toothpicks ever since he saw a smaller model at a store. That was back in 1981, but he got busy working on the full size toothpick stagecoach, and after fifteen years, 1.5 million toothpicks, and a whole lot of glue, Terry finally managed to finish his dream stagecoach.Read More

Toil paper rolls … every home has them, but artist Anastassia Elias put in the time and effort to turn these ordinary, dull-brown & disposable cardboard tubes into delicate and precise works of creative recycled art.Read More

Man Builds Detailed Model Cars From Aluminum Cans

Sandy Sanderson from New Zealand needed something to keep himself occupied after breaking his wrist in a motorcycle accident, so he started building amazing model cars from discarded aluminum cans.Read More

Make your own crafts by wrapping twine around wire

David Stark

World’s smallest working model train set measures just 1/8 x 1/4 of an inch.

At 1-35200 scale to the real thing, the five-carriage train travels around an oval route including ride through a tunnel.

Created by New Jersey model train enthusiast David Smith, the model was built using nothing more fancy than a craft knife and a steady hand.Read More

The Florida man who holds the world record for largest collection of model cars, 7,000, said he broke his own record by growing the collection to 12,000.Read More

There’s more than 500 beers cans on the wall, and nearly all were (diligently) cracked open from the bottom, preserving the original seal.

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